Alarms, Sirens and Horns
Alarms, Sirens and Horns is a free soundboard utility for iOS that plays loud siren and horn effects via a visual interface.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app removes the friction of searching for specific loud noises, serving as a quick-access tool for pranks and interactive play sessions.
For Users seeking a portable soundboard for pranks or noise-making purposes.
What does it look like?
Key features
Plays high-volume audio clips including air horns, police sirens, and vehicle alarms via a visual interface.
Maps specific sound effects to corresponding images for user selection.
How much does it cost?
The app is distributed as a free utility with no visible subscription or in-app purchase gates.
Velocity
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The app has been inactive for over 3,500 days, indicating a complete cessation of development. No new features, bug fixes, or operational updates have been deployed in nearly a decade. The project is effectively abandoned, as the last release was limited to platform compatibility adjustments.
Who built it?
Viacheslav Fonderkin
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Guess the word ~ 4 Pix riddle /// 4 картинки ~ угадай слово по фотоUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans mixed. Users appreciate the diverse collection of siren and horn sounds provides an engaging simulator experience for younger users and high-quality audio recordings make the siren and alarm effects feel realistic during interactive play sessions.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The diverse collection of siren and horn sounds provides an engaging simulator experience for younger users
- High-quality audio recordings make the siren and alarm effects feel realistic during interactive play sessions
- The application fails to produce any audible sound output for some users following the latest update
15 of 15 recent reviews analyzed · moderate confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for Alarms, Sirens and Horns
How's the Entertainment market?
Alarms, Sirens and Horns occupies a niche utility space in the Entertainment category with a 4.05-star rating across 37 reviews. The lack of updates since 2016 signals a maintenance-mode position that relies entirely on organic discovery rather than active competitive growth.
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Key takeaways for Alarms, Sirens and Horns
Where is it heading?
The soundboard utility market is consolidating around apps with active live-ops and frequent feature updates, leaving Alarms, Sirens and Horns in a vulnerable, maintenance-only state. The lack of development since 2016 means the app will likely continue to lose functionality as mobile OS standards evolve, leading to a steady decline in user satisfaction.
- The nine-year development gap leaves the app exposed to OS-level regressions, which compounds the audio-failure reports already dragging down the user experience.
- Persistent reports of audio failure following the latest update suggest that the stability improvements did not resolve the primary playback issues, accelerating churn.
The SWOT
- High-fidelity audio recordings drive engagement during interactive play sessions
- Implementing a user-requested sound-looping feature could increase time-in-app
Next best moves
Audit audio playback logic because the latest update introduced sound-failure reports → restore core utility
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's nine-year silence is not a failure…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The primary shift is a transition in strategic outlook from a maintenance-focused recovery plan to a formal recommendation to sunset the application. This change reflects the conclusion that the nine-year development gap renders the app's persistent audio failures unfixable.
Bottom line
The persistent audio failures following the latest update invalidate the app's primary utility, and the nine-year development gap suggests that a recovery is unlikely. Sunset the app to reallocate resources, as the current state erodes user trust without a path to improvement.
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Sources
- [1] App Store
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